Updated On: 01 November, 2021 07:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
They saw opportunity as a crowd gathered to see his son return home on bail on Saturday; police say they had targetted fans outside Mannat previously, too, and had been arrested

A crowd of people and the media gathered outside SRK’s residence in Bandra on Saturday. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
The Bandra police arrested a gang of three people who targetted the crowd outside actor Shah Rukh Khan’s residence, Mannat, to steal mobile phones, on Saturday. The crowd had gathered to welcome his son, Aryan, who had returned home on bail. Police said the three accused are habitual thieves and stole phones in the past too, and were arrested for this in 2017.
The accused were identified as Jayrudddin Iqbal Shaikh, 22, a food delivery boy and resident of Golibar Road at Khar east; Sarfaraz Zahid Khan, 23, a mason, also a resident of Golibar and Abdul Zahid Shaikh, 23, a resident of Nalasopara also a food delivery boy. The Bandra police registered three FIRs regarding the stolen mobile phones on Saturday and recovered two of the phones.